The Bukit Jalil Highway, or Puchong–Sungai Besi Highway, Federal Route 217, is a major highway in

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, Malaysia. It is a toll-free and also a second highway after

Shah Alam Expressway The Shah Alam Expressway is a controlled-access highway in Peninsular Malaysia running between Pandamaran in Klang, Selangor to Sri Petaling in Kuala Lumpur. Shah Alam Expressway is the third east–west-oriented expressway in the Klang Valley ...

E5. It connects the

Sungai Besi Expressway The Sungai Besi Expressway (Expressway 9, E9) is a controlled-access highway in the Klang Valley region of Peninsular Malaysia. The expressway runs between Serdang, Selangor, Serdang and Ampang, Selangor, Ampang, Selangor through southeastern Kua ...

E9 near

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in the east to

Damansara–Puchong Expressway The Damansara–Puchong Expressway ( Malay: ''Lebuhraya Damansara–Puchong'') , abbreviated as LDP, is a major controlled-access highway in the Petaling District of Selangor, Malaysia. The expressway runs in a north–south direction between ...

E11 near

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in the west. The highway passes

Bandar Kinrara Bandar Kinrara () is a township in Puchong, Selangor, Malaysia. The Ayer Hitam Forest Reserve is situated to its south. Island & Peninsular Berhad commenced the township development under Perumahan Kinrara Berhad in 1991. The only link road to the ...

and

Bukit Jalil Bukit Jalil is an affluent suburb in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It is bounded by the National Sports Complex on the east, the Shah Alam Expressway on the north, city boundaries to the west, and the Puchong–Sungai Besi Highway as well as city bound ...

. The Kilometre Zero of the highway starts at

Puchong Jaya Interchange Puchong is a major town and a Puchong (federal constituency), parliamentary constituency in Petaling District, Selangor, Malaysia. It is bordered by Subang Jaya in the north, Sepang District, Sepang and Putrajaya in the south, Serdang, Selango ...

near

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, Selangor. The Kilometre Zero monument is erected near

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Deliver Branch at Puchong Town Centre in Puchong.

History

During

1998 Commonwealth Games The 1998 Commonwealth Games ''(Malay: Sukan Komanwel 1998)'', officially known as the XVI Commonwealth Games ''(Malay: Sukan Komanwel ke-16)'', was a multi-sport event held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This edition is marked by several unprecedent ...

in Kuala Lumpur, the highway became a second main route to

National Sports Complex The KL Sports City (formerly known as ''Bukit Jalil National Sports Complex''; Kompleks Sukan Negara in Malay) in Malaysia is the largest sports complex in the country. It is located in Bukit Jalil, 20 km south of Kuala Lumpur. Described a ...

in Bukit Jalil after

. In 2004, the highway was gazetted as a Federal Route 217. At most sections, the Federal Route 217 was built under the JKR R5 road standard, allowing maximum speed limit of up to 90 km/h.

List of interchanges

References

{{Malaysian Federal Roads Expressways and highways in the Klang Valley Highways in Malaysia Roads in Kuala Lumpur